Department of Safety Staff to Wear 'Donate Life' T-Shirts

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Fridays during the summer period will see employees of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Driver Service Centers sporting a wardrobe change.

Th department announced that employees will wear blue "Donate Life" T-shirts on Fridays for the duration of the summer to encourage Tennesseans to register for organ donation.

"Our partnership with Donate Life Tennessee has increased public awareness of organ donation and urged many to take action," Commissioner Bill Gibbons said in a statement. "We are proud to have been able to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of Tennesseans waiting for life-saving transplants"

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